| Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Main entrance. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Mampong Akuapem, Eastern Region, Ghana |
| Coordinates | 5°55′18″N0°07′59″W / 5.9216°N 0.1330°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Ghana Health Service |
| Funding | Government and patients |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 114 |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Ghana |
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital is a public Hospital located in Akuapim-Mampong in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [1] [2] [3]
The hospital was established in 19?? and named to honour Tetteh Quarshie.
The Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital was established in February 1961 by the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (GCMB) to honor Tetteh Quashie, who is recognized for introducing cocoa to Ghana. [4]
The road entrance is on the south side of the N4 highway, approximately one hour northeast of Accra. The site is approximately seven hectares, pleasantly landscaped. The hospital has an administrative building, a residential hostel for staff, three buildings containing patient wards, and several accessory buildings.
2016-present Dr. Albert Benneh
20??-2016 Dr. Mawuli Gyakobo [5]
George Darko was a Ghanaian burger-highlife musician, guitarist, vocalist, composer and songwriter, who was on the music scene from the late 1960s. A native of Akropong, Ghana, Darko was popular in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and his songs are some of the most timeless and enduring highlife tracks in Ghana's music circles. Some of his contemporaries include Ben Brako, C.K. Mann, Daddy Lumba, Ernest Nana Acheampong, Nana Kwame Ampadu and Pat Thomas, among others. He was widely considered to be one of the pioneers of burger-highlife with his first hit "Ako Te Brofo" which was released in 1983. The song remains popular among Ghanaians both at home and abroad, and is still played at funerals and parties.
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